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This 1857 Supreme Court decision declared that African Americans could not be citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories.
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
This 1823 U.S. policy warned European powers against further colonization in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
He was the commander of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment.
Who was Robert Gould Shaw?
This amendment protects freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
1st Amendment
What is the 2nd Amendment?
This amendment protects the right to bear arms.
Issued by President Lincoln in 1863, this executive order declared freedom for enslaved people in Confederate-held territory.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Passed in 1830 and enforced by Andrew Jackson, this law led to the forced removal of Native American tribes, including the Cherokee, along the Trail of Tears.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This group of soldiers fought in the Battle of Nashville and represented African American participation in the Western Theater.
Who were the 13th U.S. Colored Troops?
This amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures.
4th Amendment
What is the 3rd Amendment?
This amendment protects people from being forced to house soldiers in their homes.
Ratified in 1865, this constitutional amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This 1820 agreement admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to maintain the balance in the Senate.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
The service of African American soldiers helped change Northern views about this group’s role in society.
Who were formerly enslaved people?
This amendment guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial.
6th Amendment
What is the 7th Amendment?
This amendment guarantees a trial by jury in civil cases.
These two Reconstruction Amendments, ratified after the Civil War, guaranteed citizenship and voting rights regardless of race.
What are the 14th and 15th Amendments?
This 1850 package of bills included a stricter law requiring the return of escaped enslaved people to their owners.
What is the Compromise of 1850 (including the Fugitive Slave Act)?
Their service helped strengthen support for ending this institution in the United States.
What is slavery?
This amendment prevents cruel and unusual punishment.
8th Amendment
What is the 5th Amendment?
This amendment protects against self-incrimination and double jeopardy.
This informal 1877 agreement resolved the disputed 1876 presidential election and resulted in the withdrawal of federal troops from the South, effectively ending Reconstruction.
What is the Compromise of 1877?
Sponsored by Stephen A. Douglas in 1854, this act allowed territories to decide the issue of slavery by popular sovereignty, leading to violent conflict in Kansas.
What is the Kansas–Nebraska Act?
The bravery shown by African American troops at Fort Wagner became a symbol of this larger idea.
What is the fight for equality and citizenship rights?
This amendment reserves powers not given to the federal government to the states or the people.
10th Amendment
What is the 9th Amendment?
This amendment states that rights not listed in the Constitution are still retained by the people.